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Ming Dynasty Clay

Chinese Ming Dynasty Martaban Jar
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
Chinese Ming Dynasty 1368 - 1644 Martaban Jar . Dates to the early Ming period . High neck and
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming Ceramics

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Clay

Chinese Ming Dynasty Martaban Jar
Chinese Ming Dynasty Martaban Jar
H 10.63 in Dm 10.63 in
"Epoxy Glued Ming Dynasty, " Original Clay Sculpture signed by Reginald K. Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Epoxy Glued Ming Dynasty" is an original acrylic-painted clay sculpture by Reginald K. Gee. The
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Early 2000s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Wood, Acrylic

Chinese Ming Dynasty Tomb Funeral Pottery Bed Model
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Chinese stoneware day bed model circa Ming dynasty (15th-17th century). The miniature models were
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Antique 16th Century Chinese Ming Ceramics

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Stoneware

Chinese Ming Dynasty Tomb Funeral Pottery Bed Model
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Chinese stoneware day bed model circa Ming dynasty (15th-17th century). The miniature models were
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Antique 16th Century Chinese Ming Ceramics

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Stoneware

Chinese Ming Dynasty Antique Sancai Glazed Attendants Tomb Figure Pair
Located in Forney, TX
A pair of large antique Chinese polychrome ceramic attendants, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Sculptures and Carvings

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Ceramic, Earthenware

Cizhou Lotus Carved Jar, Song-Yuan dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
layer of white slip (liquid clay), then carving away parts of it to create the design, revealing the
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antiquities

Materials

Pottery

Carved 'Yaozhou' Celadon-Glazed Bowl, Song Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
. Period : Song Dynasty (AD 960~1279) Type : Yaozhou Celadon Dimension: 17.0 cm(Diameter), 5.5cm(Height
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antiquities

Materials

Celadon

Cizhou Rectangular Pillow with Carved Decoration, Yuan Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
, and Ming dynasties, with major manufacturing hubs located in the northern provinces of Hebei, Henan
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antiquities

Materials

Pottery, Stoneware

Small Celadon Chrysanthemum Dish, Northern Song Dynasty(AD 960~1127)
Located in seoul, KR
gray stoneware body Period : Jin Dynasty-Northern Song Dynasty Type : Celadon Medium : Yaozhou Size
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antiquities

Materials

Celadon

Longquan Celadon Five-Spouted Jar, Northern Song Dynasty (AD 960~1127)
Located in seoul, KR
providing a harmonious visual appeal. Period : Northern Song Dynasty (AD 960~1127) Type : Celadon Medium
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antiquities

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Celadon

Longquan Celadon 'Dragon' Jar and Cover, Southern Song Dynasty(1127–1279)
Located in seoul, KR
fragrant oils. Period : Southern Song Dynasty Type : Celadon Medium : Longquan ware Size : 23.0 cm(Height
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antiquities

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Celadon

Small Longquan Celadon 'Twin Fish' Dish, Southern Song Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
transition from the late Southern Song to the early Ming period. Such dishes have been found in the Longquan
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Decorative Dishes and Vide...

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Celadon

A Rare Cream-Glazed Ewer and Cover, Northern Song Dynasty (960–1127)
Located in seoul, KR
types of Northern Song Dynasty ceramics, this piece is extremely elegant in shape. It most closely
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antiquities

Materials

Ceramic

A Rare Moulded Dingyao 'Cranes And Fishes' Bowl, Northern Song - Jin Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
dynasty(960~1234) Type : Dingyao Provenance : Acquired in late 1990s, Hongkong Dimension : 19 cm(Height) x
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antiquities

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Ceramic, Porcelain

A Cizhou Yuhuchunping, Yuan Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
it highly valued by collectors and historians. Period : Yuan Dynasty(1271-1368) Type : Yuhuchunping
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Chinese Export Antiquities

Materials

Stoneware

Cizhou slender meiping, Yuan Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
on the shoulder. Period : Yuan Dynasty(1271-1368) Type : Meiping Medium : Cizhou Ware Provenance
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Other Antiquities

Materials

Stoneware

Tang Dynasty Pottery Lokapala Tomb Figure
Located in Dallas, TX
A wonderful Chinese red clay pottery tomb figure from the Tang Dynasty (618 to 907). Guarding a
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Tang Figurative Sculptures

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Terracotta

Pair Blue and White Chinese Jars Qing Dynasty Circa 1870
Located in Katonah, NY
appreciated blue and white porcelain. Popularized during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), blue and white
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Antique Late 19th Century Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Cizhou carved bean-shaped pillow, Song-Jin Dynasty, 11th-12th century
Located in seoul, KR
Crafted from fine clay, the pillow's surface boasts a sophisticated carved design featuring a
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Chinoiserie Antiquities

Materials

Stoneware

A Rare Gilted Annamese Blue and white Ewer, Circa 15th Century
Located in seoul, KR
Ming Dynasty implemented a policy of lifting the ban from 1371 to 1657 and restricted foreign trade
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Vietnamese Ming Antiquities

Materials

Stoneware

Pair of Thai Benjarong Lidded Porcelain Jars Vibrantly Hand Painted and Gilded
Located in Morristown, NJ
. History Benjarong origins go back to the Ming dynasty of China. During the reign of Xuande Emperor (1425
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Vintage 1980s Thai Ming Porcelain

Materials

Gold, Enamel

Antique Kraak Edo Period 1680-1690 Japanese Porcelain Huge Charger Arita
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
. Marked at base: made in the Hua Qing period of the great Ming Dynasty Arita ware, also known as Arita
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Antique 17th Century Japanese Edo Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Rare Chinese Kangxi Polychrome Coromandel Lacquer Casket
Located in Lymington, GB
made in Henan province in northern China from the latter part of the Ming dynasty and exported to
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Antique 18th Century Chinese Cabinets

Materials

Lacquer

Antique Chinese Silver Tea Caddy, circa 1900
Located in London, GB
specialising in making teapots during the Ming dynasty as a direct result of the then new innovation of making
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Tea Caddies

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Silver

Monumental Covered Jar #2
By Mariko Brown Harkin
Located in Kansas City, MO
paintings of floral imagery. The way I combine surface and form is inspired by Ming Dynasty porcelain wares
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Luster, Terracotta, Glaze

Monumental Covered Jar #1
By Mariko Brown Harkin
Located in Kansas City, MO
imagery. The way I combine surface and form is inspired by Ming Dynasty porcelain wares and Iznik
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Luster, Terracotta, Glaze

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Large Chinese Ceramic Tang Horse
Located in Troy, MI
Circa 2010 Chinese ceramic Tang horse stands just under 28” tall. Colorful glaze in rich shades of amber, green and cream. Unknown maker. Very good preowned condition with no flaws f...
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2010s Chinese Tang Animal Sculptures

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Ceramic

Large Chinese Ceramic Tang Horse
Large Chinese Ceramic Tang Horse
H 27.5 in W 24 in D 10.5 in
10/11C Pot-Bellied Vishnu Buff Sandstone Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a STUNNING piece of Southeast Asian Antiquity, namely, a 10/11C Pot-Bellied Vishnu Buff Sandstone Sculpture from Central India. This piece has impeccable Provenance! So...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Indian Archaistic Antiquities

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Sandstone

Naive European French Folk Art Jovan Lazar Obican Tapestry Wall Hanging Weaving
Located in Surfside, FL
Lazar Obican 1944-2004 Tapestry, mixed media applique on woven background Taking The Bird Away, Folk Art, Dimensions: H 80 cm (32.25 in.) x W 58 cm (23in.) The artist Lazar Obican ...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Antique Chinoiserie Faux-Bamboo Stool
Located in London, GB
A very decorative 19th century stool in the chinoiserie taste, the circular frame carved to simulate bamboo in the Regency Brighton Pavilion manner, retaining traces its original pai...
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Antique 19th Century English Chinoiserie Stools

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Faux Bamboo

Longquan Celadon Figurine, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
Located in seoul, KR
This sculpture is a Longquan celadon from the Ming Dynasty, renowned for its rich and jade-like green glaze. The figurine is likely a representation of a Buddhist deity or a revered ...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antiquities

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Celadon

Mid-Century Chinese Hand Painted Glazed Ceramic Vase with Fu Dog Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a table or a console with this colorful vintage porcelain vase. Created in China circa 1960, the large vessel with flared rim and tapered body, is decorated with lizard and ...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Vases

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Ceramic, Porcelain

Chinese Ming Dynasty Longquan Celadon Peony Deep Dish, 14th-15th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A beautiful Chinese celadon glazed deep dish with an impressed peony design to the center, Ming Dynasty, circa 1400, Longquan kilns, China. The lovey dish covered in an attractive ...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Ceramics

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Porcelain

Mid-Century Tang-Style Chinese Ceramic Horse
Located in Dallas, TX
a beautifully modeled glazed Chinese ceramic horse, in the Tang-style, golden brown body with buff mane, removable tail, and hooves with a green saddle and harness with yellow-gold o...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Tang Ceramics

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Ceramic

Collector's Carousel Tin, Mari Pritchard, 1982
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large tin with carousel horses and animals. A tin designed by Mari Pritchard in 1982 and made by Bertels Can Company in 1987. A collector’s Carousel tin with a Dentzel Tiger sculpt...
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Late 20th Century North American Carnival Art

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Metal

Functional Art Chair / Throne "Left at the End of the Corridor" by Lionel Jadot
By Lionel Jadot
Located in Antwerp, BE
'Left At The End of the Corridor' conversation piece by Lionel Jadot for Everyday Gallery, 2020 Collectible Design / Functional art, Lionel Jadot for Everyday Gallery, Belgium 2020 ...
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2010s Belgian Post-Modern Armchairs

Materials

Steel

Eye Catching Ceramic Horse Sculpture with Tang Dynasty Look
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Beautiful Tang Dynasty style ceramic horse sculpture with great detail in cream, brown and black. Gail.
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Vintage 1980s Chinese Tang Animal Sculptures

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Ceramic

Large Ming Dynasty Cizhou Wear Ovoid Ceramic Planter - Vessel
Located in Basingstoke, Hampshire
An oversized ovoid cizhou wear jar. Depicting unusual rich blue hand-painted decoration on a soft white ground. This tall ceramic jar was originally used for pickling. The combinatio...
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Antique 17th Century Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Longquan Celadon Ming Dynasty Porcelain Vase
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chinese Longquan Celadon Ming Dynasty Porcelain Vase. Chinese antique Ming Dynasty celadon porcelain vase with leaf motif. Overall crackle glaze.
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming Ceramics

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Porcelain

Terracotta Clay Horse Sculpture
By Tang Dynasty
Located in Dallas, TX
A handcrafted terracotta horse in the style of the Tang Dynasty sculptural tradition. Much of the body of the piece is glazed with a dark indigo blue finish. Some fading in detai...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Tang Animal Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Terracotta Clay Horse Sculpture
Terracotta Clay Horse Sculpture
H 28 in W 7.5 in D 25 in
Antique Chinese 17th C Wanli Ming Dynasty Plate Dish Porcelain Chenghua Marked
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Description A rare Ming blue and white Porcelain dish. Great quality decoration Three Friends of Winter. Chenghua marked. Box included. Condition Overall Condition 3 chips ...
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming Ceramics

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Porcelain

Exceptional 19th C. Chahut Carousel Horse with Original Paint
Located in Greenwich, CT
An exceptional carousel horse in original paint depicted chahut (prancing). Expressive face and features including eyes and blinkers, mane, saddle and chest harness and hooves. Weath...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

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Ming Dynasty Pottery Figure
Located in New York, NY
A Ming style Chinese pottery figure of an attendant, partially glazed on an attached hexagonal base.
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Antiquities

Materials

Clay

Painted Wooden sculpture of Admiral Cheng Ho of Ming Dynasty
Located in Westport, CT
dimensional details were created with layers of paper and clay and then painted. The dry climate of the
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Sculptures

Materials

Wood

A pair of celadon porcelain vases and covers
Located in New York, NY
glazes, produced in a wide variety of colors, generally used on porcelain or stoneware clay bodies
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Vases

Materials

Porcelain

An 18th Century Black Lacquered Brass and Chinese Coromandel Cabinet on Stand
Located in Armadale, Victoria
the latter part of the Ming dynasty and exported to Europe from the end of the 17th Century through
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Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese George II Cabinets

Materials

Brass

Pair of Chinese Ming Dynasty Tomb Attendants
Located in Asheville, NC
These beautiful, detailed pair of reproduced Chinese figurines from the Ming Dynasty, include a
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20th Century Chinese Religious Items

Chinese "Wu Nanshi" Zisha / Yixing Clay Foo Lion Censer
Located in Austin, TX
number of yixing wares, mostly hailing from the late Ming to early Qing Dynasties, and almost exclusively
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Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

Materials

Composition, Crystal

Chinese terracotta Figure Playing a Lute hand painted Polychrome enamels, Qing
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Qing dynasty, or earlier, but in the Ming style. The figure is nicely hand modelled out of clay
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Ming Ceramics

Materials

Terracotta

Large Chinese Blue and White Vase Copper Red Decoration Late 19th-Early 20th C
Located in Katonah, NY
kaolin clay body. Potters of the subsequent Ming dynasty (1368–1644) perfected these blue and white wares
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics

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Porcelain

Pair Large Blue and White Chinese Porcelain Jars Hand Painted Kangxi Era C-1700
Located in Katonah, NY
and white porcelain. Popularized during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) blue and white porcelain has
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Antique Early 18th Century Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Untitled Bud Vase
By Harris Deller
Located in Kansas City, MO
finds inspiration from the “mallet shaped” vases of the Sung and Ming Dynasties, Pre-Columbian pots and
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2010s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Untitled Mallet Shape
By Harris Deller
Located in Kansas City, MO
the Sung and Ming Dynasties, Pre-Columbian pots and Cycladic figures. I admire the vitality and soul
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2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Untitled Suppressed Cup Form
By Harris Deller
Located in Kansas City, MO
the Sung and Ming Dynasties, Pre-Columbian pots and Cycladic figures. I admire the vitality and soul
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Untitled T-Pot Form
By Harris Deller
Located in Kansas City, MO
the Sung and Ming Dynasties, Pre-Columbian pots and Cycladic figures. I admire the vitality and soul
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Untitled T-Pot Form
Untitled T-Pot Form
H 12.5 in W 11 in D 3.5 in
Untitled Vertical Ellipses
By Harris Deller
Located in Kansas City, MO
the Sung and Ming Dynasties, Pre-Columbian pots and Cycladic figures. I admire the vitality and soul
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Ming Dynasty Polychromed Clay & Stucco Head of Bodhisattva Guanyin
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Ming Dynasty Polychromed Clay & Stucco head of Bodhisattva Guanyin. Ming Dynasty or older. A fine
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Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Ming Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Steel

Antique Ming Dynasty Pot
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a large heavy black and white pot from the Ming Dynasty.
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Planters, Cachepots and Jardini...

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Clay

Antique Ming Dynasty Pot
Antique Ming Dynasty Pot
H 25 in W 16 in D 16 in
Yuan or Ming Dynasty Pottery Horse and Rider Wall Tile
Located in Dallas, TX
Yuan or Ming dynasty pottery horse and rider wall tile Northern china, circa 1368-1644 CE
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Chinese Black and White Antique Pottery Vase/ Ming Dynasty /14th-15th Century
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a sake bottle made in China during the Ming Dynasty, 14th-15th century. The place is a
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Vases

Materials

Pottery

Chinese Ming Dynasty Processional Figures & Palanquin
Located in Seattle, WA
Fine Chinese earthenware processional group with unusual pigmentation on a buff clay body. The
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Antiquities

A Very Important Ming Dynasty Chinese Fresco Tryptic Paintings
Located in Sarasota, FL
These beautifully painted frescos from the Ming Dynasty are made with Yangtze River mud. The
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Antiquities

Set of Three (3) Fresco Paintings "The Panels of Deities"
Located in Sarasota, FL
temple wall, Ming Dynasty. These are very important panels "should be in a Museum", said Miss Jane Gest
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Chinese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Clay

Pair "GOLDEN BRICKS" Rosewood Coffee Tables
Located in Sarasota, FL
consigner. My understanding there is another set in the Hong Kong Museum in the Ming Dynasty Collection.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Clay, Rosewood

Pair of Antique Chinese Rosewood Cabinets
Located in Witney, OXFORDSHIRE
the Ming Dynasty design from which these are derived. The linear design from the slight tapering
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Cabinets

Chinese Wucai Covered Vase
Located in Paris, FR
14th century under the Ming dynasty. This dynasty enables the access to new decorations and techniques
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ceramics

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Ceramic, Porcelain

Chinese Wucai Covered Vase
Chinese Wucai Covered Vase
H 15.75 in Dm 10.24 in
Chinese Kangxi Blanc de Chine Porcelain Model of Guanyin, 17th Century
Located in London, GB
seemingly similar objects produced at the kilns. Figures from the Ming dynasty show a far greater degree of
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Antique Late 17th Century Chinese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Kangxi Blanc de Chine Porcelain Model of Guanyin, 17th Century
Located in London, GB
seemingly similar objects produced at the kilns. Figures from the Ming dynasty show a far greater degree of
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Antique Late 17th Century Chinese Ceramics

A Matced Pair of Chinese Kangxi Blanc de Chine Porcelain Guanyins, 17th C.
Located in London, GB
produced at the kilns. Figures from the Ming dynasty show a far greater degree of hand-modeling, with folds
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Antique Late 17th Century Chinese Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Blue Delft Transferware Ginger Jar Vase Lion
Located in Newberry, SC
Chinese wares. In 1620, the death of Wan-Li (Ming Dynasty) interrupted the flow of goods to Europe. Dutch
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Early 20th Century Dutch Delft and Faience

Materials

Ceramic

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Ming Dynasty Clay For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the ming dynasty clay you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of ceramic, metal and plaster, every ming dynasty clay was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer ming dynasty clay, there are earlier versions available from the 15th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Many designers have produced at least one well-made ming dynasty clay over the years, but those crafted by Mariko Brown Harkin, Harris Deller and Reginald K. Gee are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Ming Dynasty Clay?

A ming dynasty clay can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,700, while the lowest priced sells for $240 and the highest can go for as much as $5,950.
Questions About Ming Dynasty Clay
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 19, 2021
    A Ming dynasty vase is going to be worth a lot. In 2021, a blue and white Chinese bowl was bought at a yard sale in Connecticut that turned out to be a rare Ming dynasty-era ceramic work. It is estimated to be valued at between $300,000 and $500,000. Shop a range of antique and vintage vases on 1stDibs.